Hazel Phoebe Harris

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Hazel Phoebe Harris (Hirst)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: New Zealand
Death: November 28, 1979 (60)
Antarctica (Mount Erebus Aircraft Crash)
Place of Burial: Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Henry Gordon Hirst and Alexandrina Verah Caroline Annie Hirst
Wife of Ivo William Seddon Harris
Mother of Private; Private and Private
Sister of Noeline Phyllis Hirst and Cedric Leonard Hirst

Find A Grave ID: 235600364
Managed by: Pamela Jean McLean
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About Hazel Phoebe Harris

On the morning of 28 November 1979, Air New Zealand Flight TE901 left Mangere airport, Auckland, for an 11-hour return sightseeing flight to Antarctica. At 12.49 p.m. (NZST), the aircraft crashed into the lower slopes of Mt Erebus killing all 237 passengers and 20 crew on board. It was the worst civil disaster in New Zealand's history. Source: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/erebus-disaster



Descendant of Elizabeth of Rhuddlan, Countess of Hereford. Primary school teacher, Freelance journalist, Author and Poet, Historian and Conservationist. Hazel was tragically lost with 256 other passengers and crew aboard Air New Zealand DC-10 scenic Flight TE901 on Mt. Erebus in Antarctica on 28 November 1979. Aged 60 years.

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Hazel Phoebe Harris's Timeline

1919
October 21, 1919
New Zealand
1979
November 28, 1979
Age 60
Antarctica
November 28, 1979
Age 60
Mount Erebus Memorial Cross, Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica